J. Augustus Johnson
J. Augustus Johnson (fl. 1870–1890) was American consul in Beirut. He was initially incorrectly inducted as G. Augustus Johnson.[1]
Career
During his career, Johnson was instrumental in arranging the receipt by the Metropolitan Museum of Art of the first item they accessioned, a Roman marble sarcophagus with garlands, after J. Abdo Debbas, the American vice-consul at Tarsus, wrote to Johnson to offer the item to the U.S. government. Johnson replied that the government could not accept such a gift and the item was instead agreed to be presented to an American institution recommended by Johnson. After meeting John Taylor Johnston and other founders of the Metropolitan Museum of Art, it was agreed that the item should be received by them. Transit to the coast at Mersin was arranged by Debbas using a team of sixteen buffalo to pull the sarcophagus on a wagon. It then travelled by sea on the Shenandoah,[2] arriving at the museum in late 1870.[3][4][5][6]
References
- ^ Journal of the executive proceedings of the Senate of the United States of America. Vol. 10. 1858. p. 362. hdl:2027/hvd.32044106527013. Retrieved 2019-08-30.
- ^ United States. Department of Commerce and Labor. Bureau of Statistics (1872). Commercial Relations of the United States with Foreign Countries. U.S. Government Printing Office. p. 1123.
- ^ Bowling, Melissa (2010-11-19). "This Weekend in Met History: November 21". The Metropolitan Museum of Art. Retrieved 2019-08-30.
- ^ Hart, Dana (2015-11-18). "Cabinet Fever". The Metropolitan Museum of Art. Retrieved 2019-08-30.
- ^ Thomson de Grummond, Nancy (Ed.) (1996). Encyclopedia of the history of classical archaeology. Abingdon & New York: Routledge. p. 694. ISBN 978-1-134-26861-0.
- ^ "Marble sarcophagus with garlands". The Metropolitan Museum of Art. Retrieved 2019-08-30.
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